said by markopoleo :

but useless if you use your first name as your password.

Humans are the weakest link in security.

said by dtv-extortion:

Have we not had this ability all along?

AMEX smartcard credit cards have been used to verify online purchases for years now.

"Info-Card" sounds like a re-branded "Smartcard" solution to me!

Do they think a new name is going to bring this method of authentication back to life after DirecTV deemed all smartcard solutions illegal and sent out threat letters to thousands of innocent smartcard researchers/users?
All that will happen is DTV will start sending letters to innocent “Info-Card” users claiming they are illegal as well!

said by lostboy8 :

Microsoft doesn't really care about nothing except their own pockets. They are only using this scheme so hackers will have a harder time hacking windows longhorn when it comes out. I agree with one of the previous post that it would put you at a higher jeopardy of getting identity thefted since the would be hacker would just need to target one piece of info now. Why doesn't the federal government just break Microsoft up as they threatened them before. Windows and Office should be two separate entities. I think that way each product would bet better with individual attention. Microsoft is going crazy with all this extracurricular software and services. When it sees a company make money off of an idea. They hafta stick their noses into that part of the field and try to make money too even though they have no clue on what they are doing. All they do is buy a company and milk it for all its worth without really making advances for that software.